Abstract:
The article touches upon the problem of introducing professionally oriented software products based on information and communication technologies into the educational process of training managers of the hotel, restaurant and tourism business. The purpose of the study is to prove the effectiveness of the implementation of professionally oriented software products based on ICT in the training of managers. The research is based on the analysis of recommendations of employers and managers of the specialties "Tourism" and "Hotel business", the content of educational programs for training bachelors in management, the content of general professional and special competencies, the structural and logical scheme of disciplines. The most effective information and communication technologies using computer software products that contribute to the formation of a set of professional competencies in future managers have been identified: MS Project, Teamwork, TeamLab, Open Workbench, GanttProject, dotProject, Outlook, OneNote, EverNote, Nirvana, Wunderlist, Toggl, MS Office, Office 365, Document.Online, AllFusion Process Modeler 7, MS Visio, MS PowerPoint, MS Sway, Libre Office.Impress, FreeMind, Mind42, ViSta, MacANOVA, Matrixer. The effectiveness of these technologies has been experimentally tested in the course of practical training in the format of full-time distance learning and practical training of student managers. The research describes the technology of using professional software products in the educational process. The effectiveness of these technologies has been experimentally tested in the course of practical training in the format of full-time distance learning and practical training of student managers. The research describes the technology of using professional software products in the educational process. The results of the pedagogical experiment confirmed that the introduction of information and communication technologies contributes to the formation of professional competencies in the field of ICT among students of this specialty. The conducted research proves the need for changes in the working curricula of disciplines "Information systems and technologies", "Practices of information and communication technologies", "Statistics", "Management and administration", "Finance, money and credit", "Accounting and audit". "Business foreign language", "Professional rhetoric", "Foreign professional language", "PR and advertising technologies", "Business accounting", "International business management", "Electronic business information technologies".